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A Letter from My Future Self
Have you ever written a letter to yourself? If you are feeling stuck or as though things will never improve in your life, maybe give this exercise a try. You just might encourage yourself more than you think......Dear Current Me,
I see you, right where you are now, still pressing forward with tired hands and a brave heart. I want you to know: every quiet act of faith you’re making today is building the life you dream of, even when you can't see it fully yet.
Tamara Bernal
Apr 262 min read
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When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan: Learning to Embrace the Pause.
When things don’t go the way I expected, when a deal falls through, a call doesn’t come, a door refuses to open, I used to panic. I’d spiral into worry, stress, and a whole lot of self-blame. But something has been shifting in me over the past year or two. Now, instead of freaking out, I pause.
Tamara Bernal
Apr 232 min read
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Anniversaries Can Be Sacred Even When the Marriage Wasn't
Today is my 21st wedding anniversary. There’s no card. No flowers. No phone call. No celebration. There hasn’t been for a long time....
Tamara Bernal
Apr 232 min read
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I'm Done, I'm Out, I'm Leaving the Matrix.
There comes a moment in life when you realize you’ve been playing a game you never signed up for. A game where the rules are dictated by som
Tamara Bernal
Aug 31, 20243 min read
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Yet Beauty Remains
They bloomed beneath The golden sun quiet miracles rising from the dark Seeds split open in secret tiny and green reaching toward warmth...
Tamara Bernal
May 72 min read
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Time to Chat?A Reflection on Friendship, Listening, and Longing to Be Heard
Time to Chat? Boiling water Soak the beans Smell the coffee Feel the steam Quiet morning Rain and clouds Text a friend Time to chat? Text...
Tamara Bernal
May 32 min read
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Peace is a Field You Have to Walk Into. ~ Choosing peace, one small moment at a time.
I could have stayed home today. It’s May first... No closings in April, May’s bills are knocking. Plenty of work to stress over Plenty...
Tamara Bernal
May 12 min read
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Tiny Invaders: A Natural Approach to Ticks and Tick Bites
Lately, it feels like every time I step outside, I’m thinking about ticks, feeling a phantom tick, or removing an actual tick from...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 294 min read
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The Beautiful Mess of Country Living- Here's How I Try to Keep It Cleaner and Healthier
When you live with animals, you clean a lot. When you live with a lot of animals, you’re pretty much always cleaning, and it’s never truly done. If you’re using traditional chemical cleaners, that constant cleaning means constant exposure, not just for you, but for everyone in your home.
Tamara Bernal
Apr 285 min read
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The Art of Returning: How to Hold Space for Your Creativity to Bloom Again
Long before I knew how to name it, I knew I loved creating worlds with words. Stories, poems, and ideas are woven together in the quiet...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 274 min read
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Real Estate and Life Reimagined-Walking a Gentler Path
Some of my past and present clients have reached out very recently, asking if all this talk about slowing down and living differently...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 263 min read
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Wild & Graceful Living: A Vision for My Beautiful Life
Visualization and creating the ideas of the life you desire are steps toward living it. This, for me, is a vision of the life I am...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 253 min read
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Vision for the Perfect Day in My Wild & Graceful Life
I wake naturally to the soft light of morning filtering through the curtains. No blaring alarms. Just the gentle rhythm of the earth...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 252 min read
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The Anniversary of What Should’ve Been and What it Was Not
Today marks what would’ve been my 21st wedding anniversary. But we’ve been separated for over two years now, and the legal end is in...
Tamara Bernal
Apr 234 min read
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Too Many Tabs Open: A Journey of Searching and Simplifying
Have you ever looked at your computer and realized you have too many tabs open? Each one represents something important — or at least it...
Tamara Bernal
Jan 93 min read
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